Title :
Diode-pumped gas-cooled-slab laser performance
Author :
Marshall, C.D. ; Smith, L.K. ; Sutton, Scott ; Emanuel, M.A. ; Schaffers, K.I. ; Mills, Steven ; Payne, Stephen A. ; Krupke, W.F. ; Chai, B.H.T.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The gas-cooled-slab (GCS) cooling technology is unique, as compared to more conventional transverse water cooled rod or zigzag slab designs, in that the cooling and optical extraction will simultaneously occur across the two large faces of the slab. We report here the first results for a gas cooled-slab laser with outputs of up to 2 J. The basic structure of our gas cooled laser consists of the gain medium slab over which gas flows across the two large faces of the slab.
Keywords :
cooling; flow; optical pumping; solid lasers; basic structure; diode-pumped gas-cooled-slab laser performance; gain medium slab; gas cooled-slab laser; gas flow; gas-cooled-slab cooling technology; large faces; optical extraction; Diodes; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Power amplifiers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Slabs; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
